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In the race to fill Robert Ford's seat in state Senate District 42, Democratic candidate Marlon Kimpson is blowing the other nominees out of the water with fundraising and spending, according to the latest available filings with the State Ethics Commission. Kimpson, an attorney at the Motley Rice Law Firm, raised over half of his money from donations by attorneys and attorney-supported political action committees.

Kimpson will face Libertarian Alex Thornton and Republican Billy Shuman in a special election Tuesday.

As of Sept. 16, the deadline by which candidates had to file pre-election reports, Kimpson had raised nearly $177,752.97, about 4.8 times the amount of his closest opponent, Shuman. Notable contributions included:

As of Sept. 16, Shuman had spent only $9,610.99 in the election cycle.

Libertarian candidate Alex Thornton, who filed her pre-election report four days before the Sept. 16 deadline, said she had raised $1,945 and spent $1,680.19. Her biggest contributor was the S.C. Libertarian Party, which gave $750.

Who will get your vote in the District 42 S.C. Senate election on Oct. 1?